Street-car fender.



M. J. NOVICK.

STREET CAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1914.

1,165,201 Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60.,WASHINOTON. n. c.

M. J. NOVICK.

STREET CAR FENDER.

APPLlCATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1914.

1,165,201. Patented Dec.21,1915.

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M. .|.'NOV|CK.

STREET CAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10. 1914.

1,165,201. Patented Dec.21,1915.

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ST ATENT MICHAEL J. NOVIGK, or SCI-IENECTADY, NEW YORK.

STREET-CAR FENDER.

T0 all'whom it may concern:

. Beitknown that I,,MroH nL J. NovIoK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, in the county. of Schenectady and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Street- Car Fenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in street car fenders,and has for its principal object to provide asafety device which will effectively prevent accident and injury to persons with whom the car may collide. 1

Another object of the inventionis to provide a novel construction of fender which will effectively protect pedestrians and others using the highways over which the cars travel against injury. Y

A further object-of the invention is to provide a fender which is capable of being attached to any ear of ordinary construction and which will at all times remain on the track regardless of the position of the car. With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in'which' Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of a fender constructed in accordance with this invention and showing the same as it would appear when attached to a car, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalview of a fender constructed in accordance with this'invention, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view ,ofvthe connecting element by means of which the fender is operatively connected to the cargand showing a fragment of the casing, and Fig. 5 is a detail elevational view of one of the connecting members. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary front view in elevation of the fendenshowing the doorsin their closed positions. I g 7 Referring now to the drawings by charactors of reference, the numeral 1 designates as an entirety a car of the usual construction which runs on the ordinary track designated generally by the numeral 2'. This car is 1 shown connected to the'fender which is des- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Application filed September 10, 1914. Serial No. 861,106.

to run on the track 2 hereinbefore referred to. This fender 3 comprises the outer shell or main casing 4 which is open at its forward end and carries on its under side the bearings 5 in which the axles 6 of the wheels 7 are journaled. These wheels 7 are of the usual flange type and are arranged to support the main casing 4 and hold the car to the rails. Suitably secured within the main casing 4 on. its bottom wall are provided the rollers 8, the use of which will appear as the description proceeds.

Asuitable front swinging panel 9 is piv-- otally secured to the side walls of the main casing 4 as at 10 and saidfront panel carries a suitable padding 11, theuse of which will be more fully hereinafter described. A transversely extending bar 12 is carried by the walls of the main casing 4, and said bar forms the pivot point for the rocking plate 13 which is also provided with suitable upholstering or cushioning material 14. This plate 13 arranged to normally rest in the position illustrated in Fig. 1 and the side walls of the main casing 4 are provided with suitable latches 15 which are arranged slightly above the pivot bar 12 and are so constructed that when the plate 13 is thrown into the position illustrated in the dotted lines in Fig. 2, the samewill be held upwardly and against movement.

Slidable within the main casing 4 is the casing 16, the bottom wall of which is ar ranged to be supported by the rollers 8. A suitable. auxiliary supporting roller 17 is secured. to the angular portion 18 of the easing to. prevent the said casing from becoming disarranged within the main casing 4 and is arranged to take up the shockwhen a person falls into the fender.

pression coil spring 26, which yieldably holds the block 20 spaced from the bufling element 28, which will be more fully hereinafter described. In order to further assist in holding the; members20 and 28 inspaced relation there areprovided the lateral coil springs 27, which are of the compression type, as clearly seen upon reference to Fig. 4.

Formed in the dash board 1 'are'suitable threaded openings for the reception of the bolts 40, which extend through apertures formed at spaced intervals in the guide rails 38 and holds the rails in place. These guide rails are formed with suitable channels or grooves 41 and 42 in their upper and lower faces respectively, which grooves are arranged to receive the rollers carried by the buffing element 28. The buffing element 28 previously referred to is formed with a central opening for the reception of the bolt 22' and this opening alines with'the flared open- 3 ing '21 of the block 20. Suitable grooves or channels are formed in the rear face of the buffing element 28 andin the upper side wall of each of these channels isformed a longitudinal SGIIQS'Of recesses 31 and35 1n which I the rollers -and 36 are mounted. The

treads of the rollers 36 engage the bottom wall of the groove 41 in". the upper track member; while the rollers 30 in the longitudinal series of recesses 31 engage the bot- Y tom walls of the grooves'41 in the lower guide rail. It will thus be seen that the buffing element 28 is supported on rollers which will allow the same to slide freelyacross the front of the car. Formed in the bottom side 5 wall of'each of thegrooves in the bufling element 28 are recesses 33 for the reception of the trunnions'of the rollers 32 and 37. These rollers arearranged to extend into their respective grooves and engage the walls of said grooves, which grooves are formed in the under faces of the guide rails. It will thus be seen that longitudinal displacement of the bufling element 28 with relation to the car is prevented.

Loosely mounted on the bolt 22'adjacent the wider end" of the fiared opening 21 is a suitable collar 29, which forms an abutment for the enlarged end of the compression coil springs 29', the smaller end of which abuts a washer secured in'pla'ce by the nut 22 which is threaded on the end of the bolt 22. The end wall of the casing 4 is formed with a suitable opening23, which is of a size sufficient to accommodate the nu't'22. Suitable lateral openings are formed in this wall for the reception of'the ends of the bolts 24 so that a block 20 can be readily attached to the casing 4', as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4.

Secured toone of the vertical side walls of the casing 4 is a suitable cont act point'43 which is arranged to cooperate with the'con-- tact point carried by the-swinging panel 9, to form a connection through a suitable circuit to light the lamp 44 and indicate to the driver of the car the fact that the fender has beentripped, and the panel 9 swung down wardly, thus closing the opening.

It will: thus be seen that a simple and effective fender is provided which will indicateto'the operator of the car that he has I picked up a person or an object and the car maythen be stopped to permit the fender to be opened and the contents removed.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use thedeviceis connected to a car of the ordinary construction by means of the panel 9will swing lownwardly on its hinge 1'0 and be held by means of'the' plate 13 against movement untilthe plate is released and the device reset to its normal operating position. Upon the downward movement of the panel 9 itwill be apparent that the contact point carried thereby, which is not shown, and the contact point 43 will complete a circuit through the lamp.44 and a. 7

thereby signalthe operatorof the car and warn him of the fact that there is a person or object within the fender. i

:While in the foregoing there has been i shownand described the preferredembodiment .of this invention, it is to be understood that such changes maybe made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will i fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimedis 1. 'A fender for railway cars including a main casing, wheels carried by the maincasing and arrangedto run onthe car track,

one. end of the main casing being open,a

swinging panel secured to the upper side of the 'casing and arranged to" partially close the opening, a rocker plate within the main casing arranged to'be normally inclined downwardly and outwardly, said rocker plate being so constructedas to close the remaining portion of theopening when the swinging panel 1s closed, an inner casing slidable within the niaincasing, said inner casing being'padded to relieve the impact when an objectfalls thereinto, and means't'o hold the panel and plate in their closedposition after the 'd'evice'has been operated.

2. A fender comprising. a 'main casing,

wheels mounted on 'the'main casing and arranged to' support the same clear of the traclnf thefront end of the main. casingbeing'opem a casing within the main casing arranged to slide rearwardly with relation to the main casing to prevent a'person or object being injured upon falling into the fender, a swinging panel hingedly secured to the upper side of the main casing, said swinging panel partially closing the open end of the casing when lowered, and a rocker plate pivoted within the main casing, said plate cooperating with the swinging panel to close the opening.

3. A fender comprising a main casing having an open end, a casing slidable within the main casing, means to close. the main casing, a block carried by the main casing, a bolt extending through the block, a spring surrounding the bolt, guide rails secured to the dash board of a car, a buffing block carried by the bolt and spaced from the block by said spring, said bufling block being slidably mounted on the guide rails to permit the same to swing laterally, and rollers carried by the bufiing block to engage the guide rails.

4. The combination with a car, of a fender, said fender comprising an open ended mam casing, a casing within the main casing, a panel and plate to cloSe the main casin the block, a spring surrounding the bolt and bearing against the block, a bufiing element carried by the bolt and spaced from the block by means of the spring, rollers carried by the buffing element, and guide rails carried by the car and arranged to engage rollers to permit lateral movement of the fender with relation to the car.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL J. NOVICK. Witnesses:

WALTHER DoBIEs, ALBERT FARLEY.

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